Metal wheel



(No Model.)

T. S. PAGE.

METAL WEEEL.

No. 392,748. Patented Nov. 18, 1888.

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METAL WHEEL..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,748, dated November 13, 1888. Application led July 30, i888. Serial No. 281,452. (No model.)

.To all whom it 77mg concern;

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to [O make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forni part of this specification.

My invention relates to wheels of that char- I5V acter in which there are employed metal spokes.

The invention relates more particularly to the hub and means for securing the spokes in place, having forits object to provide a strong,

2C durable, inexpensive, and neatappearing wheel when constructed iu accordance with my invention. 4

Heretofore in the branch of the art to which my inventionbelongs the hub in what are g5 known as metal wheels,7 more particularly used in the construction of childrens carriages, bicycles, velocipedes, Src., has been formed of cast or malleable iron, consisting of several pieces, which must necessarily be finished to a nicety to properly join. The process of cooling in the cast parts tends to warp the same, and, as a consequence, the labor of iinishing the parts is expensive, and great difficulty is experienced in tting the parts so closely as to present a finished and neat-appearing wheel.

The object of my invention is to construct a hub of steel or sheet metal, whereby the parts may be stamped out mechanically, so that they shall exactly rit to present a finished 40 appearance, another advantage being great strength in the part subjected to the most strain.

Another object is to provide means by which to secure the spoke within the hub in a manner to rmly hold the same from radial movement and that shall allow the use of either a single or return spoke.

The invention consists in the parts and co mbination of parts, hereinafter described, and

pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of a wheel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig; 2 is a plan view of the inner side of flanged disk forming the outer side of the hub. Fig. 3 is an edge View of 55 the same taken on lines w. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the inner side of a disk forming the inner side of the hub. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the saine on lines y y. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one end of the hub with the 6o spokes clasped firmly between the disks.

A designates the wheel, formed of end sections, B, and a box, C.

The end sections are formed of sheet metal, preferably steel, struck up77 by power into 65 the desired shape, and consist of two disks, D and E, respectively, the disk E having a peripheral flange, F. Each disk is formed with a central opening, G, and concentric projections H upon their inner faces. Flange F of disk 7o E has a number of perforations, I, formed therein corresponding to the number of spokes K in the wheel, through which the spokes K are passed and secured in the rim L.

To form a wheel, the spokes are passed 7 5, through the perforations in iiange F of disk E and placed in proper position upon the concentric projections. Disk D is then placed upon disk E, and the overlapping portion of the flange is turned in upon the outer edge 0f 8o the disk D, as shown in Figs. l and 6, and the two parts so closely drawn together that the projections H are embedded within the spokes, thereby effectually locking the same from radial movement. 85l

If desired, an eyelet, M, (see Figs. l and 6,) may be passed through perforations G and the ends turned to embrace the concentric edges of the disks to draw the same closely together, after which the box C, having a corrugation, C', at each end, may beinserted within the eyelets and the free ends of the spokes attached to the rim.

It will be apparent that I may dispense with the eyelet, it' desired, and hold the two disks 95 by means of the box. I may also corrugate the two disks, if desired, without departing from the spirit of my invention, and in some classes of wheels the concentric projections may be formed upon but one of the disks. roo

Vhat Lclaim isl. In a wheel, a hub provided with outer disks having anges and inner disks of a diameter to fit Within the flanges and be secured therein by the overlapping ange of the outer disk, in combination with spokes secured be- 5 tween the disks and passed through openings 1o raised surfaces upon the inner face thereof,

spokes secured between the disks by closing the flange of the outer disk to overlap the inner disk, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The herein-described wheel, comprising i5 a box. telescopic disk secured to the box at each end thereof, a rim, spokes secured to the rim at their outer ends, the inner ends thereof being secured between the disks and held from radial movement by projections upon the disk :lie-25ms caused to impinge upon the spokes by overlapping the edge of one disk upon the other, as and for the purpose set forth.

Il. In a metal Wheel, disks having fastening devices for engagement with the spokes, the disks being formed of different diameters, With the edge of one disk overlapping the other, a perforation through the center of the disks, an. eyelet Within the perforation having each end bent to overlap the outer side of the disks, in combination with spokes secured between the disks, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS S. PAGE.

Wi tnesses: l

WILLIAM WEBSTER, CARROLL J. WEBSTER. 

